HMS Cotswold (L54)

	HMS Cotswold, 1941 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cotswold
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun
Laid down	11 October 1939
Launched	18 July 1940
Completed	16 November 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number:L54
Honours and; awards	North Sea 1941–45; English Channel 1943; Normandy 1944;
Fate	Scrapped, 1957
Badge	On a Field per fess wavy Green and Red, in front of two hunting horns in Saltire Gold, a mitre White embellished Red
General characteristics
Class & type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard; 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load;
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW);
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h); 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full;
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h); 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h);
Complement	164
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III; 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack;

NameHMS Cotswold

Ordered11 April 1939

Laid down11 October 1939

HMS Cotswold was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was scrapped in 1957.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Apr: Giovanni delle Bande Nere, HMS P36, HMS Pandora, Skytteren, Storsten 2 Apr: David H. Atwater, Tiger 3 Apr: Shaumyan 5 Apr: HMS Abingdon, Catahoula, HMS Cornwall, HMS Dorsetshire, Empire Beacon, HMS Hector, HMS Tenedos 6 Apr: HMS Havock, HMIS Indus 7 Apr: Lancing 8 Apr: USS Dewey, Byron D. Benson, Shch-421, HMT Svana 9 Apr: Q-112 Abra, HMS Hermes, HMS Hollyhock, HMS Lance, Q-111 Luzon, USS Napa, HMAS Vampire 10 Apr: USS Canopus 11 Apr: Empire Cowper, USS Finch, HMS Kingston 13 Apr: El Occidente, Empire Amethyst 14 Apr: Benwood, Margaret, U-85, U-252, HMS Upholder 20 Apr: Empire Dryden 22 Apr: San Jacinto, Connecticut 23 Apr: Lammot Du Pont 24 Apr: Empire Drum 26 Apr: USS Sturtevant 29 Apr: HMS Urge 30 Apr: Ashkhabad Unknown date: U-702
Other incidents	2 Apr: Tiger 3 Apr: Tobruk 5 Apr: HMS Gallant 6 Apr: Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya 7 Apr: Angelo Bassini 8 Apr: USCGC Legare, USS Mackerel 9 Apr: Benwood, Sagaing 10 Apr: USS Finch, USS Uranus 11 Apr: Gulfamerica 14 Apr: USS Mackerel 20 Apr: HMS Cotswold, USS Flying Fish 21 Apr: Akitsushima 30 Apr: HMS Edinburgh
1941 1942 1943 March 1942 May 1942

References

History

HMS Cotswold, 1941 (IWM)




United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cotswold
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun
Laid down	11 October 1939
Launched	18 July 1940
Completed	16 November 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number:L54
Honours and awards	North Sea 1941–45 English Channel 1943 Normandy 1944
Fate	Scrapped, 1957
Badge	On a Field per fess wavy Green and Red, in front of two hunting horns in Saltire Gold, a mitre White embellished Red


General characteristics
Class & type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW)
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack